Total votes
22,483
all sessions
Attendance
86%
3,217 missed
With party
98%
of cast votes
Lower than 82% of chamber peers
Bipartisan score
1%
crosses aisle rarely
Higher than 84% of chamber peers
Sponsored
207
bills & resolutions
Near the chamber average
Committees
4
assignments
22,483 roll-call votes
Voting record
Yea
20,336
voted in favor
Nay
1,996
voted against
Absent
3,217
missed votes
Total cast
22,483
across all sessions
Crossed party
353
votes against own party
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Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
SB 1761
Agriculture - As enacted, makes various changes relative to the regulation of hemp-derived cannabinoid products. - Amends TCA Title 1, Chapter 3; Title 39; Title 43, Chapter 27; Title 53; Title 57, Chapter 7 and Title 67, Chapter 6.
Yea
Passed
92–0
Mar 30, 2026
HB 1965
Tort Liability and Reform - As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Child Care Hosting Safe Harbor Act." - Amends TCA Title 29 and Title 71, Chapter 3.
Absent
Passed
82–1
Mar 30, 2026
SB 1890
Local Education Agencies - As enacted, requires, beginning with the next adoption of academic standards in the subject of social studies, the standards recommendation committee to include in their final recommendations of academic standards in the subject of social studies to the state board of education, and the state board, to adopt, grade-appropriate academic standards on the history of communism. - Amends TCA Title 49.
Yea
Failed
23–70
Mar 30, 2026
SJR 657
General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Approves, in accordance with statutory requirements and subject to the oversight and approval of the department of transportation, the Nolensville Pike, Gallatin Pike, and Downtown corridor projects as included in Davidson County’s Choose How You Move transportation improvement program, adopted by voters on November 5, 2024. -
Yea
Passed
92–2
Mar 30, 2026
HR 175
Memorials, Recognition - Westwood Elementary School, 25th anniversary -
Absent
Passed
82–1
Mar 30, 2026
HB 2014
Criminal Offenses - As enacted, requires a person convicted of vehicular homicide proximately resulting from the person's intoxication to be punished as no lower than a Range II offender if the person, as a result of the same course of conduct, is also convicted of leaving the scene of the accident. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 40 and Title 55.
Absent
Passed
82–1
Mar 30, 2026
HB 1944
DNA and Genetic Testing - As enacted, directs the department of health to test for the presence of sickle cell trait in each newborn and, if the test results are positive for sickle cell trait, to notify the parent or legal guardian of the newborn tested as soon as practicable. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 5.
Yea
Passed
77–9
Mar 30, 2026
SB 2365
Courts - As enacted, enacts the "Parental Rights Protection Act." - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 8 and Title 40, Chapter 11.
Yea
Passed
92–0
Mar 30, 2026
SB 2206
Federal Aid - As enacted, enacts the "Federal Tax Credit Scholarship Act." - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 9 and Title 49. Against party
Yea
Passed
75–19
Mar 30, 2026
HJR 1221
Memorials, Sports - Jackson County High School, 2026 TSSAA Class 1A boys' basketball championship -
Absent
Passed
82–1
Mar 30, 2026
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